Within the framework of “Building the adaptive capacity of family chicken farmers to climate change in Huong Van” sponsored by Australian Volunteer Program, Hearts for Hue staff cooperated with officers from Huong Van People’s Committee and village headers to visit 40 families in two trips to choose 30 suitable families. Through the visits, we had …
Mrs Le Thi Mai lives at alley 147/12 of Ung Binh street, Vy Da ward. Her family earns income from making joss paper products. In Vietnam, the act of burning joss papers is believed to create a link to the afterlife, sending all of the offerings to the deceased family members.
WELCOME TO HEARTS FOR HUE’S JUNE 2021 NEWSLETTER Dear Donors, Colleagues, and Friends, First of all, Hearts For Hue would like to send our warmest greetings and best wishes to all of you and express our sincere thanks for your support of disadvantaged people in Vietnam. We would like to share with you an overview …
It is about 75 km far from the center of Hue city, Quang Nham is a mountainous commune of A Luoi district, with the population of 4.525 people in 1.225 households. The main ethnic are TaOi, and Paco, made up 97% of the population.
Poor sanitation is one of the challenges for local people and local authorities in Quang Nham commune. According the latest survey run by Hearts for Hue and Quang Nham’s People Committee, there are 64 % of households of this commune still forced to use homemade latrines, made from temporary materials or defecate directly into waterways. The problem is exacerbated during the rainy season when human excrement is drawn out of the homemade latrines. This has affected the environment and the health of local people, with the incidence of mange, conjunctivitis and diarrhoea higher in these communities than elsewhere in Viet Nam.
Since 2011, under the sponsorship of the DOVE Fund, Hearts For Hue in collaboration with the People’s Committee of the Vy Da Ward has been implementing a Microfinance Project with the main purpose of creating jobs and generating income for the disadvantaged people.
The Microfinance Project offers the range loans of 7.000.000dvn to 15.000.000dvn to disadvantaged people of impoverished communes for a wide range of purposes such as raincoat making, clam rice making and running small enterprises. Over the past 10 years, the Project has represented a practical and significant benefit for 216 participants in Vy Da Ward, with the total fund of 1.057.790.000vnd.
